Python & Django upgrade

.editorconfig

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+# Defines the coding style for different editors and IDEs.
+# http://editorconfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Rules for source code.
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_size = 2
+indent_style = space
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+# Rules for Python code.
+[*.py]
+indent_size = 4
+
+# Rules for markdown documents.
+[*.md]
+indent_size = 4
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+# Rules for makefile
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = 4

.github/dependabot.yml

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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/pull_request_template.md

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+### Summary
+- Write a quick summary of what this PR is for
+
+
+##### Related Links
+- Paste link to ticket or any other related sites here 
+
+##### Ready for QA Checklist
+- [ ] Code Review
+- [ ] Dev QA
+- [ ] Rebase and Squash

.github/workflows/validate.yml

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+name: Validate
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - master
+      - main
+      - 'release/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools poetry
+          poetry install
+      - name: Linting
+        run: |
+          make lint
+      - name: Security
+        run: make bandit
+      - name: Testing
+        run: make tests

.gitignore

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-# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
-__pycache__/
-*.py[cod]
-*$py.class
-
-# Distribution / packaging
-.Python
-build/
-develop-eggs/
-dist/
-downloads/
-eggs/
-.eggs/
-lib/
-lib64/
-parts/
-sdist/
-var/
-wheels/
-*.egg-info/
-.installed.cfg
+*.py[co]
+*.swp
+*.bak
+
+# docs
+_build
+
+# Packages
 *.egg
-MANIFEST
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
 
 # Unit test / coverage reports
-htmlcov/
-.tox/
 .coverage
-.coverage.*
-.cache
-nosetests.xml
-coverage.xml
-*.cover
-.hypothesis/
-.pytest_cache/
-
-# Translations
+.tox
+
+.idea
+
+.DS_Store
+
+#Translations
 *.mo
-*.pot
-
-# Django stuff:
-*.log
-local_settings.py
-db.sqlite3
-
-# Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build/
-
-# Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-
-# pyenv
-.python-version
-
-# Environments
-.env
-.venv
-env/
-venv/
-ENV/
-env.bak/
-venv.bak/
+
+#Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+
+# Configuration
+sdelint.cnf
+
+#generated data
+usecases/output.csv
+
+# Test files
+info.log
+htmlcov/
+
+#ides
+.idea
+.vscode
+
+#custom cert bundle
+my_root_certs.crt
+
+# symbolic links
+.flake8
+
+conf/

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v1.1.13
+  hooks:
+  - id: forbid-crlf
+  - id: remove-crlf
+  - id: forbid-tabs
+    exclude_types: [csv]
+  - id: remove-tabs
+    exclude_types: [csv]
+
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v4.1.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: trailing-whitespace
+  - id: end-of-file-fixer
+  - id: check-merge-conflict
+  - id: check-yaml
+    args: [--unsafe]
+
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-isort
+  rev: v5.10.1
+  hooks:
+  - id: isort
+
+- repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
+  rev: 22.3.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: black
+    language_version: python3.12
+
+- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+  rev: 3.9.2
+  hooks:
+  - id: flake8
+    additional_dependencies: [flake8-typing-imports==1.10.0]
+    exclude: ^tests
+